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Social History of the Jews in Antiquity : Studies in Dialogue with Albert Baumgarten, Hardback Book

Social History of the Jews in Antiquity : Studies in Dialogue with Albert Baumgarten Hardback

Edited by Jonathan Ben-Dov, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Part of the Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism series

Hardback

Description

The present volume comprises articles by renowned international scholars in academic dialogue with the work of Albert Baumgarten.

They contextualize ancient Jewish texts not only for their own sake, but also as a way of shedding light on antiquity in general.

They address texts from the fields of Greco-Roman studies, Hellenistic Judaism, Second Temple sectarianism, rabbinic literature, and various facets of early Christianity.

Additionally, there are articles discussing comparative religion, sociology of knowledge, anthropology, and economic history.

Together, the articles create an in-depth analysis of the social history of Jews in antiquity.

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